"We're delighted to have acquired Rollpak Corporation from Dale and Gary Weaver," said Ira Boots, chairman and CEO of Berry. "The Weavers and their employees have built an extremely successful company with an outstanding reputation for product quality and industry-leading customer service."
"The addition of Rollpak's product lines and manufacturing location with the recently acquired business of Covalence Specialty Materials Corp will further strengthen our institutional can liner product offering and enable us to leverage the industry leading manufacturing best practices of both companies," Boots added.
Berry Plastics is a manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products. In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, the company reported annual sales of $3.1 billion. It has 62 manufacturing facilities worldwide and more than 13,900 employees.